Curtain-pole



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR A. STROBEL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CURTAIN-POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,289, dated September 20, 1887.

Application tiled April 21, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern: l

Be it known that I, OscER A. STROBEL, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, lhave in- Avented a new and useful Improvement in Curof such rod.

l represents a wooden rod of circular or of approximately circular crosssection-. e., such as pentagonal, hexagonal, ootagonal, rectangular, &c.-or 'of such form that all diametrical lines through such body will be nearly if not the same length. This rod having been coated with glue or other suitable adhesive substance, there is applied to a portion of its periphery a layer, 2, of cement or enamel, whose outer surface,being in turn treated with an adhesive substance, receives a coating of gold or other metallic foil, 3. In case of an oxidizable metal being employed, its surface may be protected from rust, and any desired color be given by the application of lacquer.

A longitudinalportion, 4, of the rods periphery,which,when the rod is fixed in place, is uppermost, is left bare or void of enamel to present a hardk and smooth track for support and traverse of curtain-rings 5. This bared track, by reason of the form of the curtainpole and the position of the enamel, supports the rings of the curtain between the edges of theenamel in such a manner that the enamel cannot be removed by the scraping of the rings on the enamel, assaid rings bear all their weight at such intermediate point.

It is neither necessary nor desirable to roughen with ornamentations the surface which is to serve as a track for the rings, and from which the enamel would soon be broken serial 110.235.715. (No maar.)

and become unsightly, and whose fracture would be apt to extend to thevisibleportions.

Any desired ornamentation, 6, may be given to the enameled coating by the suitably-engraved surface of the rollers employed to apply the enamel to the rod.

The portion of the rod .which receives the enamel may, if desired, -be sunk so as to bring the surface of the enamel iush with the unenameled portion of the rod, as seen in Figs. II, VI, and VII.

I disclaim an enameled molding-stri p having a bai-ed portion, as my invention consists in an enameled curtain-rod having a bared portion for the rings to .runv on, to do away with or to obtain a cheaper or more beautiful article than the carved or more expensive pole.

I claim as new and of my inventionl. As an article of manufacture, the composite curtain-rod herein described, consisting of a wooden rod, 1,whose diametrical lines are nearly the same length, and having the lower longitudinal portion of its periphery coated witha layer of gilded or plated enamel or cement, 2 3, and its upper longitudinal portion left bare to form a ring-track between the edges of said layers of enamel or cement, substantially as described.

2.*As an article of manufacture, the composit'e curtain-rod herein described,`consisting of a wooden rod, 1, 'having the lower portion of its longitudinal periphery coated with a countersunk layer fof gilded or plated enamel or cement, 2 3, and its upper portion, 4, left bare. and flush with the surface of said enamel or cement to form a ring-track, substantially as described.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

OSCAR A. STROBEL.

Attest:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, L. C. BLACK. 

